Talking through my hat......xo!

Hullo!
Slept in place sitting up on the couch for hours yesterday.  Maybe I should get some kind of a battery charger and plug myself in.  Merde.
Have ya'll ever seen those flying screaming slingshot monkeys?  Well my SIL got one as a gift......and everybody had a ball playing with it.  Look 'em up on the internet.....they are marvelously dumb and made us all laugh.  Me love silly fun.  Sara gave her brother this small battery controlled helicopter.  I was so jealous, I offered him my lotto tickets as an exchange and he said no way, back off lady. 
Sara shot the monkey at hubby Derian........it parted his hair and thunked the wall.......I said if the monkey was an arrow you would have split the apple in half kiddo! 
Tall growed folk can be kid-like if they want too.
I love toys, why did they rate toys and not me ?  Oh Santa, was I too naughty to rate a toy?????? .......LOL.  So Sam is flying the chopper, it's cool but there is always that learning curve ya know?! 
It hits the tree and (the in-laws) pretty black kittums Nicky rushes out.  I said "there is an animal flying outta the Christmas tree!" - Sara said "that's something you don't hear everyday!"
I gave Sara and her MIL bright red slipper socks to relieve their aching feet when we arrived and got razzed for not having slipper socks for the guys.  Do they make them for guys?  I have no clue........and if they did would guys wear them?  Hmmmmmm, dunno.  Sara's FIL teased that it was completely unfair and he wanted the situation rectified in future.  Sara's MIL shared that she has always wanted a flying bird ......she was referring to some indoor toy that is a large battery operated bird......no clue, but it sounds like I would like one too. Sara's in-laws like to tuck lotto tickets in funny unexpected places.  Like dinner napkins, inside shoes, taped to plates.  Nobody had a big win, but several folks had nice little wins.......enough to take a friend to lunch wins.  Nice. 
I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, sore throat w/ear pain, runny nose, sneezing etc and just couldn't seem to settle down.  Yup, glands swollen too........sound like a cartoon character when I blow my nose......like a little geese honk.  N i c e.........so dainty and pleasant.  That's me fem- i-nine to a fault...........yeeeeesh. 
Ever wish you had a nurse to go get the stuff you need? Wipe your fevered brow, get another blanket out for your bed? .........Heat the soup, take your temp and stuff? I know we all probably have at one time or another........I don't care if it's a nanny or Florence Nightingale (for a second there I flashed on Dr. McDreamy, but SIGH I am too freakin' tired, now ya know how TIRED I IS.) as long as she is kind and patient ......knows what to do for a sick little chick. 
My feathers feel all ruffled and disjointed cause of the achy breaky dizzies........wah wah ........if Mary Poppins would pop in out of the sky and drift into view holding her umbrella I wouldn't question it one bit, I'd let her in and say thank you, God bless you......so glad you came!  WE could all use a spot of tea and a jolly holiday...........let's all jump into chalk pictures and remember happy times........as we rest and recup.
When I finally got up today I 86'd a bunch of stuff pressed on me by well meaning folks.  Please don't think that I don't appreciate the kindness of food gifts.........I do.  They give me way too much.  I am a party of one.......not 8.  They filled my empty containers plus more stuff on top of that...........so much sugar & salt that I would be a highly wired sick little toddler if I attempted to eat it all. 
Keep trying to tell folks to think about how much you think you should make and then cut that recipe in half.  It's fun for someone like me to go out to eat anywhere cause at home I have a lot of the same foods again & again.  It's amazing to have so many flavors and textures.....these folks are really good cooks. 
One person made sopapilla cheesecake squares.  She said the recipe includes tortillas, honey and cream cheese......I forget what else.  INSANELY TASTY!  Got to try to remember to look up the recipe.  She said it was super easy and I like easy!  It's not as dense as cheesecake usually is, you get all the creamy flavor, a tiny bit of crunch and yummy honey sweetness and fun in a 1.5 inch square.  Cool.  Perfect!
Someone else gifted everyone with little bags of holiday snacks.  She said most folks refer to this treat by the politically incorrect term of "white trash".....cause of the popcorn base.......it looked like it had every kind of colorful kid cereal ever made.  She said she made 19......nineteen gallons of the stuff to give to family and friends this year.  Goooooooooood grief........I picture it like a long line of gallon milk jugs .........that's a lot of snack treats to mix and bag up.  Bless her heart.  She hand painted and decorated an ornament for everybody.  She does this every year.  She is a sweetie pie! 
Ohhhhhhhhh, guess what I forgot to tell you.........Sara got me an antique copy of LOOK Magazine.  Issue date?  February 27, 1956.  That means I was seven days old when this issue hit the newstands.
I'm an antique now, but back then I was just a "wee boo burpin' baby"........another one of my Dad's infamous expressions.  Then I was showroom new, bandbox fresh..........smelled like soft powder & new baby.......a little miracle, their angel, their first little girl after two boys!  LOL................giggling cause I sound like such a hambone!
now I'm old as all heck........still love the smell of baby powder, miss my parents........and wish I could do a little time travel sometimes.  I don't mind being this age per se, I just wish I could use some of my wisdom now and apply it to the younger me sometimes.  Noooooooo I don't mean I sit around living with a head full of regret 24/7.........but as a creative individual sometimes I think it would be fun to create your own utopia............one that would work for you..........lol.  I remember being assigned a paper about creating the perfect utopia years ago.......I went up to the professor and said UTOPIA?  R U CRAZY?  I have two small kids, my house is always a mess, toys......laundry, dishes............work........a lot of dot dogs, chicken nuggets - mac n cheese .......and applesauce.  tons of applesauce. 
i couldn't imagine a grand version of utopia........so he said create what works for you........so I divided myself into two separate beings that were best friends..........and gave them super powers.  For example I made it so that people could "sound to each other".  Our intellect was so finely developed that no equipment was needed and it allowed privacy features so that no one's space was invaded...........so I would be able to sound to you and vice versa.  WE could silently carry on conversations with laughter, jokes, everything via our own unique voices, but no talking was required...........I could arrange for the kids to be safely zipped to their day care center and still have time to flit off to Paris in a nanosec to meet my best friend for lunch, high fashion couture, spa treatments and return in time to have dinner on the table every night. 
Sending you love.......take it slow.......go nice and easy and don't worry about stuff..........do your best and at the end of the day say I can rest now.......cause I did what I could today.  Don't push into crash mode.........keep moving slow so you can store energy acorns for another day when you want to do something a little special or fun ok????????  If you're in a crash, RRR and Then R some more (R = REST)
When I get a little more NRG I plan on reading my LOOK Magazine.........the family gets so tickled at how tickled I get by stuff like this.........you would think somebody gave me an academy award........I think it pleases me when somebody gets that a gift like this make me happy dance from here to the moon..........and back.  Old cool stuff , ok VINTAGE treats & toys make me sing from the inside out.
Time to make something to eat..........what do you do when your ears hurt like this?  I have day and night quil like stuff...........probably should start with some hot tea and maybe hunt for a tylenoooooo......Sara couldn't say Tylenol with an L at the end when she was litle......she said tie-lenn- no!  and that's how I have ever since.
Later ya'll..................laundry is waiting.  Annie & Rio say hi........I have to get Annie in to the vet, I keep forgetting.  It's a quick easy thing, just drop in and the tech will hook little Annie Green Eyes up and we can be on our way.  And I have to call in my scripts........out of one med as of today.  I still wish I could win a limo driver for life.............we all need moments to be ritzy and pampered a little now and again........I want to be Diane Sawyer or Katie Couric - like with some crazy retirement perks.  I would still live in my home (sans the 2nd floor), but Jeeves would take me anywhere I want to go............wonky dreaming going on ...........gentlest hugs to you........!